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Sunset Boulevard goes walkabout on Broadway

Tom Francis (Joe Gillis) and the cast of Sunset Boulevard (Pic: Marc Brenner)

Already a multi-award winner, the The sell-out London run of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard hit Broadway with the aim of film and live stream the actors outside the theatre as part of the performance. While the performance was already ground-breaking in many respects, following cast members from dressing rooms to the street brough fresh technical challenges.

Sound Designer Adam Fisher and Production Engineer James Melling, rose to the occasion with the use of Sennheiser equipment and expertise, including Fisher’s system of choice, Digital 6000.

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Brit Row Smiles on Ally Pally

The Smile at Ally Pally (Pic: Belinda Enthoven)

Comprising Radiohead’s Thom Yorke contributing vocals, guitar, keyboards and bass and Jonny Greenwood on bass, guitar and keyboards, who are joined by Tom Skinner’s drums, keyboards, vocals and modular synthesiser work, The Smile really do know a lot about audio. 

‘This band are heavily invested in their sound,’ confirms Britannia Row Productions’ Simon Hodge who serves as both Production Manager and FOH engineer for the live shows The Smile are currently undertaking. ‘There is a lot of sonic language on the records, and they expect this to translate to the live shows.

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Polish cultural immersion

Bieszczady Cultural Heritage Center

Seeking to increase its tourist offering and educate people on the history and culture associated with Poland’s Bieszczady Mountains, the local government wanted to ‘transcend static displays often found in museums, instead creating something more of an experience or can’t-miss destination’. The outcome is the Bieszczady Cultural Heritage Center.

Known locally as Bieszczadzkie Centrum Dziedzictwa Kulturowego, it occupies the site of a former refinery, and includes multimedia rooms, exhibition zones and a concert hall. However, the primary attraction is an audiovisual show exploring multiculturalism, nature, the age of oil and the economic development of the Bieszczady Mountains presented in a virtual reality experience.

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Sony Music opens latest 5020 Studio in Madrid

Project Director Diego Acosta

The culmination of an intensive five-month building project, Sony Music’s new 5020 Studio Madrid is open – a four-studio recording complex and creative centre equipped throughout with PMC monitor loudspeakers.

The largest new studio complex to open in Europe in recent years, this is the latest addition to the Sony’s 5020 Studio brand and joins 5020 Studio Miami and 5020 Studio Mexico City. As well as promoting collaboration between Spanish and Latin artists, 5020 Studio Madrid also aims to build cultural and creative bridges between Europe and Latin America.

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The RadioPhonic to be offered to modular fans

Composer Hans Zinner and AJHSynth Design Director Allan J Hall

UK-based modular synthesiser company AJHSynth has been commissioned by Hans Zimmer to custom build The RadioPhonic, a one-of-a-kind supersynth that will take centre stage at a new sound studio being created on the original site of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop at London’s Maida Vale Studios.

The studio is part of a multi-million-pound refurbishment following the sale of the complex to a partnership that includes Zimmer – who has now given the green light to AJHSynth to produce a limited number of further RadioPhonics, the first of which is being launched at Superbooth24 in Berlin,

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LAV Projekt named RCF distributor for Slovenia

RCF Audio has appointed LAV Projekt as its distributor for the Republic of Slovenia, extending a long-standing partnership that has supported RCF customers across Croatia for many years.

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SWG Events new Martin WPL system gets Mobo initiation

Bristol-based event production company SWG Events has added a further 24 Martin Audio WPL large-format line array elements to its arsenal, joining an already extensive inventory that spans WPL, WPC, WPS and Torus systems.

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Historic Stratford-upon-Avon church gets NoiseBoys update

Stratford-upon-Avon’s Holy Trinity Church has replaced an aging sound system with an Electro-Voice and Dynacord alternative from NoiseBoys Technologies.

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Billy’s Bronx Bar gets RCF/TT+ upgrade from GeoSound

Just steps from Yankee Stadium in the site of the former Earl Theatre in the Bronx, Billy’s Sports Bar has upgraded its audio with the installation of a TT+ Audio GTX 12 system to deliver ‘concert-level performance’ for DJ performances, sports programming and high-energy playback across the venue’s large-format video systems and entertainment spaces.

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KV2 Audio ESD loudspeaker series gains IP 55 certification

KV2 Audio’s ESD Series loudspeakers have been certified to IEC 60 529 – the international standard defining the degree of protection provided by mechanical casings and electrical enclosures.

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msonic takes on RCF in Finland

RCF has appointed msonic as distributor in Finland, expanding local access to the company’s pro audio technologies.

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SAE Melbourne adds Audient controller to Mastering Suite

An active force in Melbourne’s audio education since 2013, the SAE University College campus has employed Audient technology to guide hundreds of students through the intricacies of professional audio production. Set up to take learners from their first fader push to high-end mastering, the school provides a smooth transition between foundational skills and advanced engineering.

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